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Three months after suing the city of Sacramento over its response to the homeless crisis, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho is accusing city officials of allowing homeless camps to pollute area waterways and endanger public health. In a 48-page amended lawsuit filed Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court, the D.A. says the city has allowed homeless residents to pollute the American and Sa...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration moved to officially scrap Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to build a migrant camp on a controversial Southwest Side lot Tuesday, in a scathing rebuke of the city’s evaluation of the land’s potential environmental hazards. In a statement, Pritzker’s office said an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency review of the city’s environmental report — which was released...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was elected largely because he ran as a moderate who would be tough on crime. Now the embattled Mayor is facing challenge after challenge, not the least of which is that his NYC Police Department is imploding, and he doesn’t even have the funds to run and hire from his own police academy due to the expenses stemming from the migrant crisis. He is slashing $4 billion...

A Newport Beach nursery used AirTag trackers to catch an alleged thief accused of stealing thousands of dollars in goods over several weeks. Surveillance footage from Roger's Gardens on Oct. 12 captured footage of the suspect filling up a shopping cart with potted plants and trees, loading them into a truck and driving off. "We have security cameras all over the store including our parki...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was clear Saturday when someone asked during a House1000 town hall meeting what will happen to those who say no to free housing. He said taking 1,000 people off the streets with accepting an offer of free housing “allows us to focus much more rigorously on the enforcement of those who don’t (want the housing).” He said those in the grips of addiction will be offered “out...

Forty-four nurses at the state's largest pediatric hospital describe working "in a persistent state of fear" in the psychiatric and behavioral medicine unit. The Washington State Nurses Association issued a release on behalf of employees at Seattle Children's hospital, who sent a letter to the facility on Nov. 17 urgently requesting more help in their unit. WSNA said twice in t...

Following the enforcement of an "emergency closure" order, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) cleaned up a crime-ridden homeless camp on Dearborn between 10th and 12th Avenues. In a day, WSDOT told KOMO News that nine truckloads of debris and trash were hauled away from the camp. Since January, 14 major fires occurred within the encampment, including four since the...

If you've visited San Francisco in the last week, chances are you have noticed fewer unhoused people near Moscone Center and downtown. Since APEC started, streets have been cleaner and the homeless population is not as visible in downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco Standard captured encampment on Van Ness Avenue and Eddy Street two months ago. This week, a completely different look. Pla...

Seattle has officially broken its previous homicide record in recent history.  There have been 70 homicides so far in 2023. The previous record, based on Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs records dating back to 1979, was set in 1994, with 69 homicides.  The 70th homicide victim died this month from injuries related to a stabbing in late June. Officers from the Seattle Police Dep...

San Francisco officials have determined that garden planters installed by residents to deter homeless encampments in a troubled alleyway violate city code.  After years of persistent homeless encampments along Larch Street, neighbors paid thousands of dollars in early July to install steel tanks filled with dirt and succulents, effectively forcing people who were living on the sidewalk in tents to...

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Nobody likes being accused of theft. That includes people who are actually thieves, but their feelings aren't all that important since they’re actually stealing, The problem — and it's a big one — is that many of the ways retailers fight theft make honest customers feel like criminals. That starts with small things like Walmart (WMT) - Get Free Report and Costco Wholesale  (COST) - Get F...

The Seattle Police Department removed two squatters from Leka Devatha’s Queen Anne Triplex. “Yes, it’s been a stressful situation,” landlord Leka Devatha said. “And I just feel emotionally relieved. Not just that we got the squatters out, but we are making the neighborhood safe again.” Devatha is from Redmond but rents out property in Seattle. In October, her property manager, Eric Poll, called he...

New York City on Thursday announced it is reducing police numbers and cutting budgets in areas like education as it continues to struggle with the exorbitant costs related to the "sanctuary" city's migrant crisis. Mayor Eric Adams announced a $110.5 billion budget, saying cuts across all agencies were necessary with the city having spent $1.45 billion in fiscal 2023 on the migrant c...

A controversial policy known as “involuntary commitment” for people struggling with severe untreated mental health or addiction issues could be on the table next year in Seattle. City Councilmember Sara Nelson told KUOW involuntary commitment is just one policy idea that could be discussed as a centrist majority gets set to take over the City Council next year, after most races in the November ele...

California Governor Gavin Newsom's recent homelessness cleanup in San Francisco has sparked a new conspiracy theory suggesting that the city's homeless population went missing entirely. A video claiming that people in San Francisco were mysteriously disappearing ahead of last week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. In the...

Rampant shoplifting in California’s capital has surpassed "crisis level," according to the outspoken sheriff of Sacramento County.  "It is way beyond crisis level," Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview Thursday about shoplifting.   Cooper took the internet by storm earlier this month when he said in an X post that Target leaders prevent...

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas arrived in Portland November 13, a day before their scheduled concert at Alberta Rose Theatre. It was the last stop on their tour and they stopped for breakfast, then planned to see the sites of the city. But the day turned out much differently than the world-renowned Scottish fiddle player planned. They came out to find someone had broken into their car, parked at...

The fire erupted after midnight under a Los Angeles freeway where 16 people were living, including a pregnant woman who was only weeks from giving birth. As the flames engulfed the storage yard and the inferno's heat melted some of the thoroughfare's steel guardrails and concrete pillars, rescue crews were able to get everyone out safely. But the disaster has brought renewed criticism of...

With the holidays fast approaching, Multnomah County law enforcement officials are making a particular effort to assure Portland-area residents and visitors alike that the area will be safe for people looking to shop or attend events. On Monday, the Portland Police Bureau announced that it would begin walking patrols instead of car patrols in downtown through the end of the year, assigning eight o...

According to local reports and interviews, New Yorkers living in public housing are competing against tens of thousands of newly arrived migrants to New York City when it comes to meals this Thanksgiving. “Why do we have to take the butt of everything,” New Yorker Georgia Butler told FOX5 New York in an interview. “This community is already suffering.” “[The migrants] were first in line for the tu...

The future of Washington’s carbon emissions laws may be decided by voters. On Tuesday, backers of an effort to repeal the state’s carbon market announced they have enough signatures to put it before lawmakers and, possibly, voters next November. The citizens’ advocacy group “Let’s Go Washington” turned in more than 400,000 signatures for Initiative 2117. The measure’s supporters say it would repea...

An Oklahoma City business that sits in a heavily populated homeless neighborhood has been issued a citation by the city, saying the company is responsible for trash that sits in an alleyway next to their business. The company claims the trash does not belong to them and turned to KFOR for help. KFOR went to the property on Tuesday and found trash in the alleyway. There were clothes, empty beer can...

In a letter obtained by KGW sent to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler earlier this month, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt outlined his concerns with Portland’s daytime ban on homeless camping. The ban itself has been somewhat of a never-ending saga, leaving Portlanders confused over how it would be enforced, which was the crux of Schmidt's letter. If a homeless person violated the ba...

In the Village of Dolton, just south of Chicago, recent political events have unfolded that could rival any dramatic TV series. The central figure is Mayor Tiffany Henyard, whose unconventional and controversial actions have sparked widespread discussion and concern. From dressing as a character from the movie "New Jack City" in a council meeting to unusual hiring and spending decisions,...